TYN NAD VLTAVOU, Czech Republic ( AP ) - Just three years ago, the only thing that Zdenek Majzlik knew about cannabis was that it's good stuff for making rope. Today, the 67-year-old retired nuclear power plant employee is an experienced grower who cultivates pot for his daughter, who has multiple sclerosis.
Majzlik faces a thorny dilemma: The Czech Republic legalized medical marijuana use this year but maintained strict restrictions on growing, selling and importing it.
For Majzlik, the solution is breaking the law to grow pot for his daughter.
"She's my child, and it is my duty to take care of her," he said, standing in front of a cannabis plant in his garden. "I do what I have to, and I will continue doing so. I have no other option."
>> www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n548/a08.html >>

Check Out magazine Legalization number 21
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THIS EDITION: Police Steal - Reports of coherent string of attacks on freedom of hemp
scene in the Czech Republic shakes with fear due ti unprecendented police raids against specialized shops with growing technology. >> Learn more >>
INTERVIEW - Vladimir 518: I have a lot of dependencies - Interview with Czech rapper, artist, illustrator, writer and member of the music group Uncle Peneri Homeboye (PSH) of hip hop subcultures, politics and experiences with drugs. Also,
GROWING Legend: Jorge Cervantes man who lives by growing grass over thirty years and never be afraid to tell the world about it. Jorge Cervantes is the author of the bestselling World Indoor Marijuana Horticulture better known as Indoor Growers Bible.
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Czech Republic has a MEDICAL MARIJUANA (cannabis) LAW.
But it is not yet Implemented

(Dis)allowing cannabis treatment |
Another huge disappointment was the medical cannabis law that was passed in the spring 2013. Although the political support was huge and shared by almost all the major parties, the Ministry of Health and the State Institute for Drug Control (SÚKL) were blocking the implementation of the law in as many ways as possible.
The former minister of health Leoš Heger kept repeating that medical value of cannabis is probably “just a gossip and hoax” and there is “no scientific background behind it” (while he has a medical degree), so it was eventually ruled that insurance companies will not cover the expenses of medical cannabis treatment at all.

This combined with a quite unwise idea of importing very expensive cannabis from the Netherlands (although acquiring cheaper cannabis from Israel was possible) means that almost no typical patient in need of larger amounts of any cannabis product will be able to pay for it—at least not until the Czechs start producing their own, which may take one more year at least.
Many medical experts and legalization advocates have been protesting against these obstructions, but nothing has helped: in front of our unbelieving eyes, the politicians and their officials have been destroying something which was originally designed to help ordinary sick folk in need.
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Czech Republic |
A bill allowing cannabis to be legally available on prescription in pharmacies as a medicine was passed by the Czech Chamber of Deputies on 7 December 2012. From the total of 200 deputies 126 voted for and only 7 against the legalisation (27 abstained and 46 were absent from the vote). The Czech Senate passed the bill 30 January 2013. From the total of 81 senators 67 voted for legalisation and only 2 voted against (5 senators abstained and 7 were absent from the vote).
The bill passed to the President of the Czech Republic who can either sign it (than bill comes into force), veto it (than Chamber of Deputies may override the veto and bill may still come into force) or not look at the bill at all in the given period (in this case the bill also comes into force). The bill also states that only imported cannabis will be allowed for sale in the first year "to ensure standards." After that, sales may expand to include registered, domestic production that is strictly monitored.
The law came into effect on 1 April 2013 and since then medical use of cannabis has been legal and regulated in the Czech Republic.
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Legal and medical status of cannabis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | Czech Republic (Europe) Illegal (Decriminalized) |
Possession: Illegal (up to 15g decriminalized), Sale: Illegal (Purchase of up to 15g legal; sale of medical cannabis legal), Transport: Illegal (up to 15g decriminalized/Medical subject to license legal), Cultivation: Illegal (cultivation of up to 5 bushes decriminalized/cultivation for medical purposes subject to license legal) >>
Possession of up to fifteen grams for personal use or cultivation of up to five plants is merely a misdemeanor. Popular destination for smokers.
Medical use of cannabis on prescription has been legal and regulated since 1 April 2013.
>> Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis_by_country

The Czech Republic has been seen in the past twenty years as a very liberal country in terms of the attitude of most people towards cannabis plant and the laws associated with it. Unfortunately, this is no longer a true picture, as the reality hit us all hard with an unprecedented crack down on the whole cannabis industry starting Monday, November 4.
The American version of High Times has recently published an article about the “cannabis heaven on Earth” in the Czech Republic. It was full of typical clichés such as “everybody can freely light up a joint anywhere”, “the police do not prosecute marijuana growers”, or “possession up to 15 grams is only a minor offence”, and “medical cannabis is legal and available since this spring”. The world has been seeing us for years as a laid-back, hippie-style country where nobody cares about smoking weed, because the society is very lenient and the police “clever enough” to focus on hard drugs. Well, none of it is really true anymore.

The official police statement makes it clear that the police officers in NPC like to interpret the laws and court rulings in a way that suits them and gives them more power, but most importantly does not respect basic democratic principles as well as the gap between the current scientific and social knowledge about cannabis in the civilized world, between the functional liberal approaches and the total failure of War on Drugs, and between the level of available scientific knowledge today and the qualification of Czech police “drug experts”.
The fight for the end of cannabis prohibition (and its every social, medical and criminal aspect) in the Czech Republic has also become a fight for the direction in which the country will be heading—towards modern liberal democracy with emphasis on human rights, approaching the drug issues as a health problem, not a criminal one—or towards a police-controlled state, where growing a plant at your home is a horrible crime and selling soil, fertilizers and pots is equal to “spreading drug abuse”.
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Czech Republic - iMarijuana.com >
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The production and possession (but not the consumption) of cannabis became a punishable crime in Czechoslovakia in the year 1938. The possession of cannabis (less than 15 grams) is not a crime and consumption of cannabis is not punishable ever since the year 1992.
Under a penal code revision that decriminalizes drug possession in the Czech Republic, possession of more than the following amounts of illicit drugs is a misdemeanor:
Marijuana 15 grams (or five plants);
Hashish 5 grams;
Ecstasy 4 tablets;
Amphetamine 2 grams;
Methamphetamine 2 grams;
Heroin 1.5 grams;
Coca 5 plants;
Cocaine 1 gram;
Magic mushrooms 40 pieces;
Peyote 5 plants;
LSD 5 tablets.
The Czech Republic is one of the very few countries that have decriminalized drug possession, including the possession of cannabis. The country is a popular destination for cannabis smokers despite the fact that cannabis sale and plant remain illegal from the year 2010 onwards.
>> source - www.imarijuana.com/laws/laws-by-country/czech-republic

Marijuana Laws in Europe | eHow.com
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There are no general European Union laws on marijuana, so laws differ from country to country. There are four general categories: legal, decriminalized, illegal but not enforced, illegal and enforced. Legal means it is treated no differently than alcohol. Decriminalization means that pot will likely be confiscated but without any legal changes being filed against anyone. Places where it is illegal either enforce the law in a criminal way or they treat it as a medical issue demanding treatment.
General: Most states in northern or Central Europe treat marijuana as a personal, medical and therapeutic issue rather than a criminal one. Even those states such as England, which have antipot laws on the books generally do not enforce them in a criminal way, instead treating them as a health issue, according to NORML, a marijuana legalization advocacy group. In other words, the mere existence of anti-marijuana laws does not mean that the law will be enforced or that any serious legal action will be taken. Within most of Europe, personal use of marijuana is tolerated within limits.
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Western Europe |
Spain has legalized marijuana, while France has not, though it should be noted that France generally does not actively persecute pot cases.
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medical marijuana use ...
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International law

Marijuana is in Schedule IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, making it subject to special restrictions. Article 2 provides for the following, in reference to Schedule IV drugs:

A Party shall, if in its opinion the prevailing conditions in its country render it the most appropriate means of protecting the public health and welfare, prohibit the production, manufacture, export and import of, trade in, possession or use of any such drug except for amounts which may be necessary for medical and scientific research only, including clinical trials therewith to be conducted under or subject to the direct supervision and control of the Party.

This provision, while apparently providing for the limitation of marijuana to research purposes only, also seems to allow some latitude for nations to make their own judgments. The official Commentary on the Single Convention indicates that Parties are expected to make that judgment in good faith.
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- for more.

Prague |
Smoking tolerance level [1= very illegal 5=virtually legal]: 3.5 ---
Legislation:
Although the marijuana legalisation movement in .cz is highly active, marijuana is not legal in Prague yet.
Law Enforcement:
Smoking weed is tolerated. Most common is smojing weed on streets, or in some pubs and in allmost all normal music clubs (no disco).
If you’re not causing problems, u can smoke everywhere, on the streets, in pleasances ...
Where to buy marijuana:
To buy marijuana, all you do is keep an eye open for those who are smoking, if you are friendly they will sell some or direct you. The headshops also provide a good source, however headshops are starting to change their image to being more legit. Never buy from dealers in the street that walk by and whisper Marijuana like in amsterdam.
What they will do is talk you into it, explain they saw cops and can’t show you, then give you a half second peek and sell you fake weed. This is a huge problem and never to be bought from.
Marijuana Prices:
about 250-350
krowns for a gram is the general rate depending on the person.
An addition by our local reporter: “1gm= 500czk a little over a quarter by U.S. standards. I am told the Locals pay 250czk for the same.. but hey its still a good deal where I am from.
Brands:
Skunk tends to be the dominating type of weed found in Prague, and is quite tasty yet not as potent as you will find in other places.
Another reporter added: “Very strong allmost holland-type models.”
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Czech medical marijuana
| You hear of dramatic illness reversals due to cannabis. Epileptic seizures that stop after the first administration of cannabis high in CBD. The research into cannabis’s medicinal value is growing and proving the benefits of the plant. Unfortunately for cancer, epileptic, multiple sclerosis and chronic pain suffering patients the Czech medical marijuana system is in a disgraceful state.
The law has been passes allowing doctors to provide cannabis to seriously ill patients since April of 2013 but patients have still not had access to medical marijuana. The government gave out an import license to a plastic container manufacturer, Elkoplast Slušovice sro, and we have been waiting for the medical marijuana ever since.

A poor distribution network has meant few pharmacies have access to medical marijuana. They don’t have the required software to provide an electronic receipt to order the medicine. Also doctors don’t want to prescribe it due to a lack of information on its medical properties.
For a European country that is in the top three per capita marijuana users, it is a sad state of affairs that the government has not done their research on the plant. The Czech drugs agency is falling behind the wide spread international movement that is embracing medical marijuana. Czech patients are suffering for the medical professions ignorance.

The Czech government are also in talks with potential suppliers of medical marijuana. When the required pound of flesh is paid, you can enter the market and become a marijuana producer. There was a competition earlier in the year to obtain a medical marijuana license but we are still waiting for the results. The Czech Republic is a notoriously corrupt society. During communism everyone was taught how to be corrupt. It is the normal way of doing business and the ones who profited the most from this system are now in charge. I can only presume that government officials are trying to work out how exactly they can make money from this new industry.
Who bribes who to get the job done. That is nice if you are a high ranking civil servant with a Swiss bank account and no morals, but what about the suffering of a child with severe epilepsy? There are groups of hard working activists interested in these issue in the Czech Republic. Their voices get drowned out in a sea of other complaints that Czechs have as we try to emerge from the long shadow cast by the corrupting nature of this countries communist past.

This is not a hopeless situation however. Do not underestimate the resourcefulness of the Czech people. Patients and growers are connecting with each other in spite of the law and risks involved. The nature of marijuana allows it to be spread regardless of the restrictions placed upon it. I am hopeful that the legalize movement here and across Europe can inspire a change in the Czech system.
Patients that can benefit from medical marijuana should be allowed to. Until a united voice speaks on behalf of the ill, we will see lazy, greedy figures in places of authority seeking to enrich themselves at the expense of other’s suffering.
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http://praguepot.com/2014/10/02/czech-medical-marijuana/

Marijuana Prohibition Enforcement Continues In Czech Republic Despite Reform
(July 20, 2014)
| Five years ago the Czech Republic reformed its marijuana laws. Possession of up to 15 grams of marijuana and cultivation of up to five plants is no longer a prosecutable offense. Instead, if those limits are not exceeded the penalty is a fine. There was speculation that these reforms would make Prague the ‘new Amsterdam’ of Europe.
While Prague is definitely a cannabis friendly destination, it is still not the free-for-all that some expected.
Law enforcement in the Czech Republic seems willing to turn a blind eye to small possession and cultivation, but they are still very much cracking down on larger operations.

While I’m a fan of decriminalization, the scenario in the Czech Republic highlights the need for further reform. There is large scale grow operations and sales occuring right now in Washington State and Colorado, with virtually no problems and huge benefits.
I’d like to see the Czech Republic, and the world for that matter, get on board with the next great industry. Uruguay is set to start their legalized industry next year. I’m hopeful that more countries follow suit.
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http://www.theweedblog.com/marijuana-prohibition-continues-czech-republic/

iMarijuana.com >
Laws >
Laws by Country >
Czech Republic
> Marijuana Laws
The production and possession (but not the consumption) of cannabis became a punishable crime in Czechoslovakia in the year 1938. The possession of cannabis (less than 15 grams) is not a crime and consumption of cannabis is not punishable ever since the year 1992.
The country is a popular destination for cannabis smokers despite the fact that cannabis sale and plant remain illegal from the year 2010 onwards.
>>
http://www.imarijuana.com/laws/laws-by-country/czech-republic

Treating Yourself |
Medical Cannabis reference links. ...
Mission: TreatingYourself.com was created in May 2002 to provide medical marijuana users with information to assist them in their responsible use of medical marijuana. At their site they have info and links like -

International Association for Cannabis as Medicine (IACM) | The International Association for Cannabis as Medicine (IACM) was founded in March 2000. It is a scientific society advocating the improvement of the legal situation for the use of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa L.) and its pharmacologically most important active compounds, the cannabinoids, for therapeutic applications through promotion of research and dissemination of information. ...
... Visit - http://www.acmed.org/.

Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base | INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (IOM) Report, 1999.
The medical use of marijuana is surrounded by a cloud of social, political, and religious controversy, which obscures the facts that should be considered in the debate.
... Visit - http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6376.

Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine - by Dr. Grinspoon |
Since marijuana is largely a folk medicine, not generally recognized by the medical establishment, the people who know most about it are those who use it on their own. The purpose of our website is to gain access to that body of knowledge so that we can share it with potential patients and physicians.
... Visit - http://rxmarijuana.com/exchange.htm.

ASA: Medical Info » Educational Booklets on Medical Cannabis »
Multiple Sclerosis and Medical Cannabis |
A Note from Americans for Safe Access:
We are committed to ensuring safe, legal availability of marijuana for medical uses. This brochure is intended to help doctors, patients and policymakers better understand how marijuana—or "cannabis" as it is more properly called—may be used as a treatment for people with serious medical conditions.
This booklet contains information about using cannabis as medicine.
... and legal access to medical cannabis (medical marijuana) for therapeutic uses ... International, and elsewhere have shown great promise for new medical applications. ...
... Visit - http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=4558.

For more information on cannabis (marijuana) as medicine, see the Basics, below.

Cannabis's accepted medical use in the United States is increasingly recognized by health care professionals and the medical community, including the Institute of Medicine. Numerous medical organizations support legal access to cannabis for medicinal purposes. A new medical journal released in 2001 focuses on the medicinal use of cannabis and cannabinoids. National clinical conferences on the medicinal use of cannabis have been held in the United States in 2000 and 2002 and are scheduled to continue on a biennial basis. Most importantly, data on the number of physicians currently recommending therapeutic marijuana use to their patients demonstrate its acceptance by the medical community in the United States.

The most significant evidence of marijuana’s acceptance by the medical community in the United States consists of data on the number of physicians currently recommending marijuana medical use by their patients:
"By any reasonable definition, marijuana has "currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States."
... Visit - http://www.drugscience.org/amu/amu_medprof.html.

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Meetings and Meet-Ups > Medical Cannabis Meetup Groups - Medical Cannabis Meetups around the world
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grouped by City and Country ... find the ones with the most people interested in Medical Cannabis Meetups in Czech Republic ... international, national, provincial, municipal levels
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DrugScience.org |
Marijuana Research Links: Medical Use ... summaries; scientific and legal arguments for medical marijuana; search engine for research reports on ... Organizations. Medical Cannabis and Scientific ...
Library: Research Links
Research Guide ...
Use the links below to research any aspect of marijuana, medical cannabis, drug policy and the public policy process including:
Medical Cannabis and Scientific Research;
Gettman on the Web;
Dependence, Addiction, and Abuse Potential;
Criminal Justice and Public Health Data;
U.S. Drug Policy;
Legal and Legislative Aspects of Drug Policy;
International Drug Policy;
Non-Profit Organizations
... Visit - http://www.drugscience.org/lib/links.html.

The International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) |
The ICRS is a non-political and non-religious organization dedicated to scientific research in all fields of the cannabinoids, ranging from biochemical, chemical and physiological studies of the endogenous cannabinoid system to studies of the abuse potential of recreational cannabis.
... Visit - http://cannabinoidsociety.org/.

The 19th Annual Symposium of the International Cannabinoid Research Society
Sun, 03/08/2009 |
The ICRS is a non-political and non-religious organization dedicated to scientific research in all fields of the cannabinoids, ranging from biochemical, chemical and physiological studies of the endogenous cannabinoid system to studies of the abuse potential of recreational cannabis.
In addition to acting as a source for impartial information on cannabis and the cannabinoids, the main role of the ICRS is to provide an open forum for researchers to meet and discuss their results.

The mission of the ICRS is to: foster cannabinoid research, to promote exchange of information and ideas about cannabis and the cannabinoids through the organization of scientific meetings; to encourage financial support from funding agencies and industries;
to facilitate liasons between funding agencies, industry and the academic community, and to serve as a source of reliable information on the chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology and the behavioral, psychological and social effects of cannabis and the cannabinoids (ICRS By-Laws, adopted June 1992).
... Visit - http://www.medicalmarijuanadoctors.org/international-cannabinoid-research-society%20.

Patients Out of Time is a patient advocacy organization with a universal constituency. They support the rights of patients to have a legal and safe access to the therapeutic use of cannabis. The mission of their organization, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, is the education of health care professionals and the public about the therapeutic use of cannabis. Their leadership is composed of medical and nursing professionals with expertise in the clinical applications of cannabis and five of the seven patients (two wish to remain anonymous) who receive their medical cannabis from the US government. Patients Out of Time is the only national non-profit in the United States that focuses only on therapeutic cannabis issues. Visit - www.medicalcannabis.com

Cannabis laws in Czech Republic?
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Anyone know what the story is with the law over there? I don't wanna get thrown in jail for a few grams! Also any tips on where to buy and where to avoid?
I'd say I'll be hitting Prague so any info relevant would be much appreciated! Thanks.
>> visit > boards.cannabis.com/europe/91240-cannabis-laws-czech-republic.html < for more.

czech republic marijuana « Releaf Magazine
| The ReLeaf magazine and website will provide patient’s experiences and perspective on medical cannabis; ... including the Czech Republic, is marijuana.
Prague will first import the drug for about a year, reportedly from Israel or the Netherlands, until the State Institute for Drug Control starts issuing licences to local growers for a maximum of five years.
The institute will also determine the crop area and organise tenders for marijuana purchases from farmers.
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International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums > Talk About It! > Cannabis Laws & Cannabis Legislation >
NJ Medical Marijuana
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N.J. Senate approves medical marijuana bill -
Monday, December 15, 2008 |
TRENTON BUREAU:
A Senate committee today cleared a measure that would allow medical use of marijuana in New Jersey.
The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee voted to approve the long-stalled bill by a 6 to 1 margin; two senators abstained.
The bill calls for creating “alternative treatment centers” where people with chronic and terminal diseases would be allowed access to marijuana. Supporters say marijuana is a viable treatment option to alleviate pain in many cases.

“It is the definition of basic human decency that we do whatever we can to ease the pain and suffering of people living with severe chronic and terminal diseases,” said bill sponsor Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union.
“When all other avenues of currently-approved pain relief have been exhausted, we need to give doctors the freedom to prescribe medical marijuana to give their patients a measure of comfort and dignity in the face of their debilitating diseases. This bill is about the most humane, compassionate option for those state residents who have nowhere else to turn in managing their illnesses.”

International
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Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines.
Our international counterparts may be surging ahead in their paths to provide safe access for patients who benefit from medical cannabis, but here in the US ...
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In Case there was any Doubt…
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Posted by elizabeth |
A new study entitled Marijuana Effectiveness as an HIV Self-Care Strategy, which was released this past weekend in Clinical Nursing Research, indicates that persons living with HIV/AIDS rate cannabis as more effective in treating the symptoms of anxiety, depression, fatigue, diarrhea, and neuropathy than other prescription and over the counter medications.

The study, which was conducted over a two year period and included 775 patients from the USA, Africa, and Puerto Rico, assessed the use of cannabis as a symptom management approach for anxiety, depression, fatigue, diarrhea, nausea, and peripheral neuropathy. 27% of survey participants reported using cannabis for medicinal purposes.

Researchers wrote that cannabis use “was rated slightly more effective than antidepressants for anxiety and depression, Imodium for diarrhea, [over the counter] (OTC) medications for fatigue, and anti-epileptics and OTC medications for neuropathy” while cannabis was rated “slightly less effective for nausea than either prescribed or OTC medications.” Authors concluded that cannabis “is perceived by users as at least as effective as prescribed medications in symptom management.”
... Visit - http://safeaccessnow.org/blog/?cat=22.

Ganja Grocer | We are your Medical Marijuana Resource Center. Learn How to Become a Legal Medical Marijuana Patient. If you live in a state with Medical Marijuana Laws, Come visit our forums today! Visit - www.ganjagrocer.com < for more.

The Compassionate Coalition's mission: To defend the rights of medical marijuana patients and care providers through education and community participation. A nonprofit grassroots organization that helps build and support local chapters nation-wide, linking them with other medical marijuana reform organizations and resources.
Contact Information -
Mailing Address:
The Compassionate Coalition *
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The Amsterdam THC Ministry, First Universal Church of Kantheism, is based on ancient wisdom, modern science and the enlightening and healing properties of the cannabis sacrament.
Their mission includes liberating the sacred cannabis hemp plant and the minds and spirits of those who do and of those who do not revere it. May we all enjoy the rich, abundant, joyful and awakened life that is part of our natural inheritance.
Visit:
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Welcome to the Cannabis Classifieds Want Ads. To buy cannabis for medical purposes is legal in some areas. Here you will find hundreds of medical doctors, professional growers, and prescription patients in need who want to buy cannabis legally but can't find each other. Visit: www.cannabisclassifieds.com/cannabiswant.html

Million Marihuana March 2010 at Prague 8.5. - streaming!?
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czech non goverment organization Legalizace.cz will participate on
GMM! We will march 8.5.2010 (1.5. is public holiday), is it 13th
year, infos can be found on http://mmm.legalizace.cz/en/ .
But what is important - we will
stream video and audio, address is http://mmm.legalizace.cz/page/streaming_en . If you want, you can spread this email to your maillists :-)

2nd International Symposium on hemp building
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IH.BA - International Hemp Building Assotiation, International Association of hemp construction - tells of the second International Symposium on hemp construction. Will be held on 27 - 28 April in Granada, Spain.
Visit of Granada on the occasion of 2-day meeting of international communication experts over cannabis engineering, academics, architects, policymakers and stakeholders to participate in discussions about current and future trends in this growing sector. The event will include a fascinating tour and visit the cannabis plant CANNABRIC bricks in Guadix, where we specialized researchers, builders, engineers and promoters take note of all angles of hemp construction of the development of suitable varieties of cannabis use in the construction details.
visit - http://www.legalizace.cz/2011/02/2-mezinarodni-sympozium-o-konopnem-stavebnictvi/

Marches | Demonstrations, Rallies and similar Action Items any situation where activists are trying to educate or draw attention to - yet another - victim and people are congregating ... like the Million Marijuana Marches ... will be listed here as we find out about them.

HempFests | Street Fairs, Festivals and Farmers Markets - Music, Food and Stuff for Sale or Barter - any opportunity for activists to booth, people to gather and businesses to vend ... like any local versions of the Seattle Hempfest ... will be listed here as we find out about them.

Other Types? Will be listed here. As we get the info. Know about one yourself? Got an Idea? Post it on the Bulletin Board, below.

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The locations and more information about Sensi Seeds shops can be found in the Shop Locations section.
Medicinal users and anyone interested in the medicinal properties of marijuana will find useful and relevant advice and background information in the Medicinal Cannabis section.
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Nightmares coming true |
The fight for medical cannabis looks like a simple exercise with respect to what has happened since this spring. First of all, the drug police accused one magazine and its two journalists for “spreading drug abuse” because they had papers and filters in one issue and there was a distorted picture inside with a caption: “If you want to see this properly, smoke a joint.”
This obvious joke was followed with an attempt to make them a target for prosecution and trial with punishment up to 5 years in prison. However, the justice official who was overlooking the case nullified it so the trial never even started. This seemed to be good news in the bad times—not for a long time, though.

The owners of the Hydroponic growshop heard the judicial decision last month: they were sentenced to 7 and 6 years in prison, after two and half years spent in custody (again—these businessmen and ordinary citizens were treated as murderous criminals and had to endure the terrible and humiliating conditions of custody prison). They appealed immediately and the whole cannabis community is hoping that common sense will prevail and all charges will be dropped.
There was also a ruling of Czech Constitutional Court at the end of the summer 2013 that revoked the government decriminalization act, which means that “15 grams and 5 plants is just an offense” rule is not valid anymore, as was the state of things before 2010. However, the Constitutional Court is not exactly to blame, because the judges were not considering the actual content of this act—they just pointed out that no government can issue such acts on its own—it has to be through a proper legislative process, passed through both Houses of Parliament.

Prior to this, in winter 2012, the Czech Supreme Court ruled that a single growshop cannot sell everything from “seed to joint” under one roof, because it is “inducing customers to commit a crime”. Although this ruling hardly makes any sense and seems to be meant as an abuse of all growshop owners, almost all of the growshops complied and stopped selling at least one key category in this “chain” (the key categories being: literature about growing / seeds, fertilizers, lights and other growing tools and materials / rolling papers, grinders and other smoking devices).
Still, this Supreme Court’s decision was enough ammunition for the “drug czar” Frydrych who started an unprecedented crackdown on about 50 growshops on November 4, 2013. So far 19 people have been arrested and charges were pressed against 9 of them. The goods confiscated in the shops in the eastern part of the country during two days filled up three large army trucks.
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Do you want to grow your own medical marijuana? Legalizace.cz is now offering cannabis seeds for free.

For the third year in a row, the civic association Legalizace.cz is
sending out free medical marijuana seeds to all non-minor citizens who want to cultivate marijuana for self-treatment. By creating this spring event “Seeds to Seniors”, Legalizace.cz is reacting to the constantly growing public interest in the healing qualities and proven beneficial effects of this forbidden plant.
The goal of the “Seeds to Seniors” event is to provide those who decide to cultivate medical marijuana not only with free medical marijuana seeds, but also with references to sources about cultivation and legislation. The organization also hopes to raise the interest of specialists and doctors in cooperating with patients and providing them with clinical and unbiased counsel regarding the possible treatment, administration and dosage of this healing herb.

It Is Hard To Find Medical Marijuana In The Czech Republic
(November 16, 2013)
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The Czech Republic legalized medical marijuana earlier this year. However, medical marijuana is still very hard to find. It saddens me to hear stories about patients who are caught up in a political battle, all the while suffering due to lack of access to the medicine they should legally be able to obtain. It’s a common story in parts of the United States, and I know people here feel for the patients in the Czech Republic.
The Czech Republic situation is very similar to states like New Jersey, where I get e-mails all the time from patients asking when they should expect things to change. Sadly, I don’t see it happening, at least not legally. With so few safe access points, and no right to home cultivation, patients are stuck in a tough situation. It sounds like the problems in New Jersey are the same thing people are experiencing in the Czech Republic.

Patients have no choice but to purchase marijuana from the unregulated black market, which comes with a host of potential issues. Patients could get bad meds that have who knows how many foreign pesticides sprayed on them. Patients could potentially get robbed by a thug drug dealer, or at the least ripped off. In a lot of cases, the potential for harm is enough to turn off patients that aren’t comfortable purchasing from the black market.
Political foot dragging should not be tolerate, whether it’s in the Czech Republic, New Jersey, or anywhere. Protest these practices, contact your politicians and the local media, and don’t give up until true safe access is achieved.
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Medical marijuana became legal Monday in the Czech Republic and is now available for sale in pharmacies. Monday was part of the Easter holiday there, so it didn’t actually go on sale until Tuesday.
Medical marijuana is available by prescription only and has been approved for people suffering from cancer, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and psoriasis.
Medical marijuana is being imported — either from Israel or the Netherlands — for the first year, while the State Institute for Drug Control prepares regulations for national production.
It must determine how much marijuana will need to be cultivated and organize tenders for marijuana purchases from Czech farmers. The regulatory body intends to issue licenses to local growers for a maximum of five years each.
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Czech police have wanted to hand confiscated cannabis over to patients with Parkinson’s and other ailments for several years now.
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We live in a time when the drugs produced in Western countries are allowed, while the drugs originating in other countries, are forbidden. Alcohol is a drug promoted as a great worldwide advertising and marketing campaign to let everyone forget about tobacco that lung cancer is one of the most important causes of drug-related deaths.
Health has never had anything to do with drug policy. Western countries have set up a global drug legislation in such a way that only the drugs should be legal drugs and other prohibited crops. Western drug alcohol caused a huge disaster in America, where "fire water" completely destroyed the local community. Many people become addicted and drank all day, but authorities have never chosen not to control or ban the drug. Before one and a half centuries led two British Opium War forced China to consume opium from their colonies in India.

Today, drugs are prohibited on an economic imperative, which is to restrict supply and raise prices.
Criminal organizations know very well how to take advantage of such a policy.

This month, we were confronted with information that several Western countries objected to the proposal for the Bolivian government to end the ban on the traditional use of coca leaf. These countries fear that if it were allowed Bolivians chew the leaves Kok, had no reason to continue to dispose Kok field. But why nepronásledují industries, producing chemicals such as potassium permanganate or other substances that are necessary to obtain cocaine coke leaves?
Since this industry is located in the western world and they can not afford to lose money and increase the nezam?stnanost.Útok Kok letter is an act of racism and disrespect of cultural traditions, customs and religion. Western countries would have understood if seen as a foreign country trying to wipe out their vineyards and tobacco fields.

Stop crime thriller! More democracy, less fear! |
The German association of cannabis with his petitions "decriminalize cannabis users" the German parliament was able to mobilize the largest number of supporters of alternative drug policy in recent years.
During six weeks on German website webovch petition committee registered 21,309 persons and the public have signed a petition initiated by George Wurth, spokesman for the DHV (German Hemp Association). Moreover, other well yet unknown four-digit number of people signed a paper version that was submitted to Parliament. Collecting signatures in Germany and abroad will continue in the coming months until the end of the petition procedure.

Prague: the new Amsterdam?
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic — In the smoky red basement of a popular club in Prague, a Finnish student sits at a table passing a joint to a friend. A young Polish tourist approaches and asks where to get another one. “Just go over there,” says the Finn pointing toward the bathroom.
This scene plays often in Prague these days, a city where the young are flooding in to party hard, with little fear of getting busted.
“We’re not here for girls, we’re here for drugs and fun,” said Mathieu, who declined to give his last name, and who drove from Paris with friends to spend four days in Prague. They are drinking beer and absinthe in Chateau Rogue, one of city’s most notorious tourist clubs for scoring drugs. “Everybody told us that Prague was the best place to find drugs,” said Mathieu’s friend.

Although the Czech capital has long been a tourist attraction with its medieval grandeur, elegant spires and cobbled streets, these days it has become a magnet for stag nights, pub crawls and young Europeans seeking a weekend party in a country cheaper than the Netherlands and more easy-going than its neighbors (in Slovakia, having a small amount of marijuana can lead to three years in prison).
The Czech Republic has always been relatively lenient about drug use, which has been legal since 1990. Possession, paradoxically, remains a crime but isn’t actively prosecuted, mainly due to a lack of resources: The Czech Government Council for Drug Policy Coordination reports there are only 200 people working on the National Drug Squad and they mostly target manufacturers, importers and major dealers.

“The Czech police have mainly been enforcing the drug laws at a certain organizational level,” said Jakub Frydrych, head of National Drug Squad of the Czech Police and the Bureau of Investigation.
The Czech Republic once defined illegal drug possession with the legally vague phrase "more than a small amount."
In January, a new law took effect quantifying the amount of drugs that equals a misdemeanor offense: possession of less than 15 grams of marijuana, 1.5 grams of heroin, 1 gram of cocaine and 4 tablets of ecstasy, for example, can result in a fine of 15,000 Czech crowns ($830), the average monthly salary in the country. Possessing anything more is considered a felony.
Even though those amounts make Czech drug laws among the most lenient in Europe, officials bristle at the suggestion that the new law has liberalized drug possession.

“Drugs are not decriminalized in the Czech Republic,” said Frydrych. “Possession of drugs is at a minimum a misdemeanor. I personally do not consider the new law to be more lenient.”
(Read about the new drug law in neighboring Poland, meant to counter synthetic marijuana.)
Danny Kushlick, founder of the Transform Drug Policy Foundation in Bristol, United Kingdom, said the new Czech law is more progressive than a blanket prohibition but still leaves production and supply to organized crime networks and unregulated dealers. He said more needs to be done to coordinate drug laws across borders as well. “We have to look at [unifying] drug policymaking throughout the world in order that particular places don’t become drug havens,” he said.

Czech National Drug Policy Coordinator Jindrich Voboril said that the law has become harsher when it come to methamphetamines, heroin and cocaine, which are increasingly problematic for the country.
In recent years, the Czech Republic has become Europe’s top producer of methamphetamines, made in small secret labs, of which 300 to 400 are raided each year, said Frydrych.
Among European Union countries, the Czech Republic has the highest percentage of people between the ages of 15 and 24 who have tried drugs at least once, according to Tomas Zabransky, head of research and development programs at the Center for Addictology at Charles University in Prague. Zabransky says that instead of leniency, the new drug law simply takes “a pragmatic approach which acknowledges that drug addicts are ill and should not legally be punished for their illness.”

Meanwhile, it is still too early to assess what effect the new law has had, said Viktor Mravcik, head of the Czech National Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction. The Center for Addictology predicts little change in the situation for addicts. Where officials say they do expect change, however, is in recreational and experimental use.
In essence, the new law is a lure for drug tourists. Even though there are no official numbers available for this type of tourism, anecdotal evidence shows that Prague has become a top party destination in Europe.
Brandon, who declined to give his last name, a Prague-based pub crawl guide and California native, admitted that part of his job is to take groups to bars where weed can be purchased and smoked inside: “I throw a party, and if people want drugs I introduce them to the right people.”

And even though Czech officials dislike the label of “New Amsterdam” for their capital, they admit it isn’t too far off the mark.
Czech attitudes toward drugs are similar to those in the Netherlands, said Voboril: “It’s still illegal if you do it but we won’t put you in prison for it.”
>>
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US Government Says It Will Stop Interfering with Medical Marijuana |
According to this article, US Attorney General Eric Holder has said that states will be allowed to make their own rules about medical marijuana, and that the US federal government will stop raiding medical marijuana dispensaries in California. (See article “Can Marijuana Help Rescue California’s Economy?”at this link)
In the 1990s, several US states passed referendums which allowed marijuana to be used legally for medical purposes. In a referendum, the registered voters vote directly on the proposed law, as opposed to the law being passed by the state legislature. Thus, when these states passed these referendums, it meant that the citizens of these states really wanted medical marijuana to be made legal.

However, in a blatant disregard for democracy and the people’s will, under the Bush administration, the national government refused to accept this law, and carried out raids of the medical marijuana dispensaries.
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Czech Parliament Approves
Medical Marijuana
- by Steve Elliott ~alapoet~
in Global, Legislation,
Medical
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Friday, December 7, 2012;
The Weed Blog:
The Czech Republic's lower
house of Parliament has
approved legislation to
legalize marijuana for
medical purposes. The bill
still needs to be approved
by the upper house to become
law.
Politicians agreed that
marijuana would initially be
imported, and later grown
locally by registered farms,
reports RT.com. Read >> more >>

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Informational Guide on Medical Cannabis |
If you have ever heard of the song, “Lets Go Get Stoned,” as sung by Ray Charles or Joe Cocker, you know the lyrics were referring to getting high or using cannabis aka marijuana. This mind altering drug goes by other names as well; names such as weed, pot, joint, blunt, hash and mary jane are quite common among users. Cannabis is a plant that contains a chemical called cannabinoids or cannabinolidic acids.
Another substance that is found in cannabis is THC, or Tetrahydrocannabinol, which gives the users that “high” sensation. When speaking of marijuana, the actual substance used in creating the high feeling comes from the leaves and flowering tops of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is considered to be a schedule 1 controlled substance today, because of the THC, which can be highly potent, depending upon the concentration factor of the THC.
Visit > http://www.worldmedassist.com/informational-guide-on-medical-cannabis/ < for more.

THE REEFER MADNESS ERA, REEFER MADNESS BOOKS (Info, History) By definition, it would be a contradiction in terms to list or classify a Reefer Madness book as a work of "Non-Fiction." Thus both genres are group together here simply as "Hard Cover" books; if only to distinguish them from the "Pulp Fiction" or "Dime Store novels" discussed elsewhere. However where appropriate the terms [Fiction] and [Non-Fiction] are used.
Please take note - This Index consists solely of those books that the museum has been able to locate and is in no way shape or form complete. It should be thought of only as a starting point. Visit: http://www.reefermadnessmuseum.org/

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LESSON PLAN:MEDICAL MARIJUANA - LEGITIMATE USE OR LEGALIZED ABUSE?
By Lisa Prososki, a former middle school and high school social studies, English, reading and technology teacher.
Estimated Time: Approximately 45 minutes/1 class period
Lesson Objectives: (1)
Students will use cooperative learning activities to discuss opinions about medical marijuana use and see both sides of the issue, (2)
Students will use decision making skills and strategies to render their own decision about the U.S. Supreme Court case related to medical marijuana use. Click > here < for more.

Medical Marijuana Pro/Con * Pros & cons on medical marijuana. Science, risks, policies, & laws. Should marijuana be a medical option? This site presents in a simple, nonpartisan pro-con format, responses to the core question "Should marijuana be a medical option?" Divided questions about the topic into the issues and sub-issues listed below. All individuals and organizations quoted on our site are ranked based upon our unique credibility scale. [Note: Although physicians and attorneys are listed on this site, they do not recommend or refer either.] visit: www.medicalmarijuanaProCon.org

1. Since 1996, twelve states have legalized medical marijuana use: AK, CA, CO, HI, ME, MT, NV, NM, OR, RI, VT, and WA. Eight of the twelve did so through the initiative process. Hawaii's law was enacted by the legislature and signed by the governor in 2000, Vermont's was enacted by the legislature and passed into law without the governor's signature in May 2004, Rhode Island's was passed into law over the governor's veto in January 2006, and New Mexico's legislation was signed into law by Governor Bill Richardson on April 2, 2007.

2. The Institute of Medicine's 1999 report on medical marijuana stated, "The accumulated data indicate a potential therapeutic value for cannabinoid drugs, particularly for symptoms such as pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting, and appetite stimulation."
And more. Visit - www.drugwarfacts.org/medicalm.htm

Medical Marijuana Handbook |
This a draft by Todd. H. Mikuriya MD, a long-time advocate of medical cannabis, respected author and one of the medical staff at the San Francisco Buyers Club. Its patchy, and uncomplete, and acts only as a framework for Dr Todd to store snippets of info on various aspects of medical cannabis.
Marijuana as Medicine - A Plea for Reconsideration, is a commentary article written by Lester Grinspoon and James Bakalar, which appeared in the June 21st 1995 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Accepted Medical Use of Cannabis: Medical Professionals by DrugScience.org. | Cannabis's accepted medical use in the United States is increasingly recognized by health care professionals and the medical community. visit: www.drugscience.org/amu/amu_medprof.htm

Proven : Cannabis is Safe Medicine
by Ian Williams Goddard | In reaction to medical cannabis access referendums on the ballots in Arizona and California, former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush signed a letter stating that they "categorically oppose'' access to cannabis for its many proven therapeutic uses such as the prevention of blindness and epileptic seizures. Their chief concern was that legal medical access would send the message that cannabis is safe. The presidents can, however, lay their safety concerns to rest because the scientific literature overwhelmingly confirms that cannabis is both an effective and safe medicine.
The Cannabis Safety Profile. The journal PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS reports that decades of research prove that, "Compared with legal drugs...marijuana does not pose greater risks." Yet based upon mortality statistics, we can safely conclude that cannabis is one of the safest medical drugs known, for, while prescription drugs, defined as safe by the FDA, kill up to 27,000 and aspirin up to 1,000 Americans per year, cannabis kills 0 per year. Click here for more.

Medical Cannabis Strains - Geoffrey Guy, MD (GW Pharmaceuticals, U.K) |
Founder and President of G.W. Pharmaceuticals in Russia, Dr. Geoffrey Guy's observations about the mammalian Cannabinoid system (with more receptors throughout the body than any other system) are presented to the Second Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics, held in Portland, OR in May, 2002.
First discussing CB1 and CB@ receptors; the modulatory effect on dopamine, GABA and glutamate; and cross-talk with other receptors, Dr. Guy then examines Phyto-Cannabinoids (plant based)THC, CBD and others, with GW's success in producing whole extracts from 3 tonnes/year of dried marijuana and years of genetic breeding to feature both high THC and high CBD strains.
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Is Marijuana the Right Medicine for You? | A Factual Guide to Medical Uses of Marijuana by Bill Zimmerman, PhD with Rick Bayer, MD and Nancy Crumpacker, MD, ISBN#0-87983-906-6 (Keats 1998).
Chapter 3: Why All the Controversy? What Does The Research Actually Show? is online at:
http://www.medmjscience.org/Media/pdf/chap3.pdf

Examine the pros, cons, and controversies of marijuana as medicine! | Cannabis is still sending “signals of misunderstanding.”1-3 The result is an exaggeration of beneficial or deleterious effects as well as occasional intermixture of medical science with other moral categories. This book deals with health aspects of the cannabis plant and the cannabinoids while mainly factoring out societal aspects. Some authors refer to social topics that require discussion even within the bounds of a narrow handling of medicinal aspects.
“Cannabis and Cannabinoids; Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Potential”. Edited by Franjo Grotenhermen, MD; Nova-Institut GmBH, Hürth, Germany and Ethan Russo, MD; Montana Neurobehavioral Specialists, Missoula, Montana. Hard Cover (ISBN-13: 978-0-7890-1507-7, ISBN-10: 0-7890-1507-2) $79.95

Marijuana Rx: The Patient's Fight for Medicinal Pot (Book) by Robert Randall & Alice O'Leary * This is a story of government betrayal -- a betrayal that continues today. But it is also a story of human courage and perseverance. Please take the time to read this book. Afterall, none of us are immune from the illnesses that marijuana can treat -- glaucoma, cancer, multiple sclerosis and more. Some day you might need medical access to marijuana. We pray that it will be as simple as a doctor's prescription. Full text articles, news summaries, supporting organizations and states, additional resources, and information on medical marijuana. Visit: marijuana-as-medicine.org

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